Research progress on coastal groundwater flow and solute transport processes based on MARUN

Abstract

Sgnificance To quantitatively study the impact of various nonlinear factors in the coastal zone on groundwater flow and solute transport processes, MARUN (Marine Unsaturated) software for simulating groundwater flow in the coastal zone was developed. Progress This paper reviews the research and application progress of MARUN from the aspects of model principles, algorithm characteristics, literature review, and case analyses. The software is suitable for numerical simulations of two-dimensional vertical profiles of groundwater flow and solute transport reactions in the coastal zone. MARUN implements a finite element algorithm for variable saturation and density flow and solute transport, mass-consistent implicit difference discretization, and Picard, Newton, and Newton-Picard numerical solution methods, covering many nonlinear factors such as tides, waves, evaporation, rainfall, and load effects. It is characterized by its high professionalism, good flexibility, and high fault tolerance, but it does not have a graphical user interface. MARUN has achieved a number of highlighted research results in scenarios such as bioremediation of crude oil pollution on beaches, seawater-groundwater circulation processes in shallow aquifers in intertidal zones, and the evolution of regional groundwater flow systems. Conclusion and Prospects In the future, MARUN needs to be further expanded into three-dimensional space and coupled with physicochemical processes with random characteristics to improve its performance level of simulating groundwater flow and solute transport in coastal aquifers.

Keywords

• coastal zone
• groundwater
• numerical simulation
• marun